held up, ridden 3f out, effort under pressure over 1f out, never near leaders
held up in rear, ridden 3f out, not troubled leaders
steadied start, always in rear
in rear, ridden 2f out, never near leaders
raced wide close up, ridden over 3f out, weakened final furlong
in touch, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace
in touch, headway on outer entering final 2f, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, not quicken
tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, joined inside final furlong, driven and ran on
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, still every chance inside final furlong, no extra near finish
pulled hard early, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, hung left and kept on final furlong but not pace to challenge
always towards rear
keen tracked leader, switched right 2f out, effort 1f out, soon joined winner, ran on, just held
Licence To Till makes a quick reappearance having failed to hang on for victory at Kempton on Wednesday. Both he and Amitola are likely to make this a good test and that will suit the tough and consistent TAROOQ. Richard Fahey's charge went close again behind Night Lily, who runs in the previous race, in a more competitive event at Lingfield last time with today's rivals Mia's Boy and Loyalty behind. Paul Hanagan prefers him to stablemate Prime Exhibit, who finished third in this last year off the same mark when the prolific Final Drive was well beaten and the latter is having his first outing since on his debut for John Butler. Nazreef should go well, while Light From Mars and Kingscroft are both useful at their best, but ended last season out of sorts.
Mia's Boy 7-1 (9-5) Behind, outpaced over 2f out, headway over 1f out, chasing leaders when not clear run inside final furlong, not recover, 5th of 11, 3l behind Night Lily (8-13) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-100 (2) pol in Feb.
Loyalty 9-2 (9-0) Held up, ridden over 1f out, ran on final furlong, not reach leaders, 3rd of 11, 1 3/4l behind Junoob (8-13) at Lingfield 1m 2f Listed stks (1) pol in Feb.
Pintura 25-1 (9-6) Mid-division when groups merged over 4f out, outpaced 3f out, ridden and switched right over 1f out, kept on, 11th of 32, 6l behind Prince Of Johanne (8-9) at Newmarket 1m 1f hcp (2) gf in Sep.
Final Drive (IRE) 16-1 (9-9) Dwelt always in rear, 9th of 12, 10l behind Lowther (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-105 (2) pol in Mar '11.
Reve De Nuit (USA) 7-2 (9-7) Prominent, challenged over 2f out, led well over 1f out, soon ridden, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 8, 3/4l behind William Haigh (9-1) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-95 (3) fbs in Jan.
Licence To Till (USA) 11-4 (9-7) Tracked leaders in 3rd, led after 2f, headed 2f out, every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 2nd of 7, 1 1/4l behind True To Form (9-3) at Kempton 1m 2f hcap (2) pol.
Light From Mars 25-1 (9-12) Held up in touch, weakened over 3f out, last of 11, 22l behind Skilful (9-3) at Haydock 1m hcp 105 (2) gs in Sep.
Prime Exhibit 8-1fav (8-10) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, never able to challenge, 5th of 21, 3 1/2l behind Bonnie Brae (8-11) at Doncaster 7f hcp 105 (2) sft in Nov.
Nazreef 13-8fav (9-2) Pushed along to soon chase leader, narrow lead on inside 5f out, ridden and pressed approaching final 2f, headed over 1f out, no chance with winner, one pace in 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 2l behind Palace Moon (9-2) at Kempton 7f cnd stks (4yo+) (4) pol in Jan.
Amitola (IRE) 7-1 (9-5) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, chased winner until near finish and lost 2 places, 4th of 11, 1 1/2l behind Forceful Appeal (8-11) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-95 (3) pol.
Tarooq (USA) 5-1fav (8-4) Chased leaders, effort over 1f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, headed close home, 2nd of 11, shd behind Night Lily (8-13) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-100 (2) pol in Feb.
The Tichborne (IRE) 7-1 (8-8) Led, ridden and headed entering final 3f, chased leader until 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out, 13th of 14, 16l behind Casual Glimpse (9-3) at Goodwood 7f 3yo hcp 0-105 (2) gf in Jul.
Kingscroft (IRE) 13-2 (8-12) Mid-division, headway on outside over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 4l behind Greensward (8-13) at Chester 7f hcp 0-95 (3) gs in Sep.
